Tryals Thomas Walcot William Hone (8 results)

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 88.

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 88.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. 88.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Title + appoint page + 81 pages. + 2 page letter + title page + 4 page Last speech and behaviour of William Late Lord Russel, etc. + 14 page The last speech of Captain Walcot, Jo Rouse and Will Hone, Full titles of the 2 main items below. All in good condition for age. 4 items all dated 1683 relating to the Rye House Plot, 1st item; Title page + appoint page + 81 pages. The Tryals of Thomas Walcot, William Hone, William Lord Russell, John Rous & William Blagg, for high-treason, for conspiring the death of the King and raising a rebellion in this Kingdom : at the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily London, on a Commission of Oyer and Terminer held there for the city of London and county of Middlesex, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 12, 13 and 14, 1683. ( The principal contemporary account of the trial) to rear of title page Will Prichard, the Mayor of the City of London appoints Richard Royston, Benjamin Took and Charles Mearn and no one else to publish. In good condition for age, some dirt/ ageing and fold to title page, repaired tear to top. Rest in good condition, some ageing and tiny edge nicks to a couple of pages. 2nd item; is a 1683 printed copy of a 2 page "Letter written to my Lord Russel in Newgate the Twentieth of July 1683" by John Tillotson, published by R. Balwin In good condition, a few minor ink dots/marks. 3rd item; Title page + 4 pages, The last speech & behaviour of William Late Lord Russel upon the scaffold in Lincolns-Inne-Fields, a little before his execution, on Saturday, July 21. 1683, being condemned for high-treason in conspiring the death of the King and the subversion of the government, &c., together with the paper delivered by him to the sheriffs, and signed with his own hand. Also The last speeches, behaviour, and prayers of Capt. Thomas Walcot, John Rouse Gent. & William Hone joyner : a little before their execution at Tyburn, on Friday the 20th of July 1683, being condemned for high-treason in conspiring, &c. In good condition for age, some minor ageing. 4th item: 14 pages, is "The Speeches of Captain walcot, Jo Rouse and Will Hone, on Friday the Twentieth of July 1683" In good condition for age, some ageing. The whole is unbound though all attached together and was once bound, but now all attached together with a latter end page. From a quick net check this is the only copy of the four items for sale together. The principal contemporary account of the trial of the plot's conspirators, leading to the execution of Lord Russell (and Algernon Sydney) and contributing mightily if indirectly to the Revolution and the reform of the English law of treason. With 3 other rare 1683 contemporary items relating to it. Overall in good condition for 1683, some ageing, very light foxing, a few minor listed faults, but no major faults. A rare /possibly unique last chance to ever purchase all 4 original Rye House Plot items together. Size: 18.5 x 28.5cm. Approx.

First edition, folio, [2], 81, [1]pp., text lightly browned, disbound. Wing, T2265.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Later half leather gilt, marbled boards, rebacked. TEG. [ii], 81. Scattered foxing. . Tiny hole to p. 7/8, loss of few letters. Some minor pencilled marginalia. ; quarto.

Disbound. Condition: ex library-good. 81 p. 29 cm. Title page has small section missing near spine, damp stains, small ink notation, some paper residue. Small reference label on title page verso only library marking. Small holes in upper portions of two last leaves, only affecting the text of the last leaf slightly. Some stains to page centres in approximately the first third do not affect legibility. A couple of small chips and tears to rear pages. Title continues: "For Conspiring The Death of the King, And raising a Rebellion in this Kingdom: At the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily London, on a Commission of Oyer and Terminer held there for the City of London and County of Middlesex, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, July 12, 13, and 14. 1683." The defendants were found guilty of conspiring to kill Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, in the "Rye House Plot." While some of the defendants were likely guilty, Russell's guilt is in doubt and he is remembered as a Whig martyr. On rear of title, Will Prichard, Mayor of the City of London, appoints Royston, Took and Mearn (and no one else) to publish. These events led indirectly to the Glorious Revolution and the reform of English treason law.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Folio. [ii], 81, [i]pp. The words "Thomas Walcot, . Russell," and "John Rous . Blagg." are bracketed together on title-page. Imprimatur on verso of title-page: I appoint Richard Royston, Benjamin Took and Charles Mearn to print the Tryals . and that no other do presume to print the same. VVill. Prichard, Mayor. Two editions identified. Wing does not differentiate between the two editions. In this edition, the penultimate line of the title ends "and"; in another edition (ESTC R507693) that line ends "Friday." Disbound. ESTC R21861; Wing T2265.